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Clive George
Guest
I was pleasantly surprised to discover my rear rim had worn out in a
non-catastrophic manner. The MA3 isn't a plain box-section, but has a couple
of extra bits meaning it's got three holes - see picture of the replacement
here
http://www.mavic.com/road/products/Open-Sport.323975.aspx
(different name, same basic section).
What appears to have happened is I wore through the bottom half of the brake
track first, so a gap appeared there. The tyre pressure pushed the sides
out, so it bulged a bit (which told me it was worn out), but it didn't split
catastrophically as it was all held together by the inner web.
When I let the tyres down to take it all apart for a new rim, the gap opened
up amusingly - there's not much metal in quite a lot of that rim
cheers,
clive
non-catastrophic manner. The MA3 isn't a plain box-section, but has a couple
of extra bits meaning it's got three holes - see picture of the replacement
here
http://www.mavic.com/road/products/Open-Sport.323975.aspx
(different name, same basic section).
What appears to have happened is I wore through the bottom half of the brake
track first, so a gap appeared there. The tyre pressure pushed the sides
out, so it bulged a bit (which told me it was worn out), but it didn't split
catastrophically as it was all held together by the inner web.
When I let the tyres down to take it all apart for a new rim, the gap opened
up amusingly - there's not much metal in quite a lot of that rim
cheers,
clive